ILOs

• Describe the factors which control blood flow within vessels
• Appreciate the clinical significance of blood vessel radius
• Describe the mechanisms which encourage venous return
• Describe how baroreceptors regulate blood pressure
• Outline how the cardiovascular control centre in the brain can modulate blood pressure via changes in cardiac output (CO) and total peripheral resistance (TPR)
• Describe the mechanism of action of some drugs which act in the brain to lower blood pressure

• Factors controlling blood flow within vessels
• The Poiseuille equation
• Why is good blood flow important?
• The Old Lab
• The importance of the viscosity of blood
• How does flow change as blood vessels branch?
• Maintaining flow in veins
• Venous return
• Controlling blood pressure
• Hypertension

Different lecture:

• How can we modify TPR and therefore MAP?